# 2020–21 Borussia Mönchengladbach season

The 2020–21 season was the 121st season in the existence of Borussia Mönchengladbach and the club's 13th consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Borussia Mönchengladbach participated in this season's editions of the DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Champions League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 8 February 2021
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | SUI | Yann Sommer (vice-captain) |
| 3 | DF | SUI | Michael Lang |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Mamadou Doucouré |
| 6 | MF | GER | Christoph Kramer |
| 7 | MF | GER | Patrick Herrmann |
| 8 | MF | SUI | Denis Zakaria |
| 10 | FW | FRA | Marcus Thuram |
| 11 | MF | AUT | Hannes Wolf (on loan from RB Leipzig) |
| 13 | FW | GER | Lars Stindl (captain) |
| 14 | FW | FRA | Alassane Pléa |
| 15 | DF | GER | Jordan Beyer |
| 16 | MF | GUI | Ibrahima Traoré |
| 17 | DF | SWE | Oscar Wendt |
| 18 | DF | AUT | Stefan Lainer |
| 19 | MF | AUT | Valentino Lazaro (on loan from Inter Milan) |
| 20 | FW | PAR | Julio Villalba |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | GK | GER | Tobias Sippel |
| 23 | MF | GER | Jonas Hofmann |
| 24 | DF | GER | Tony Jantschke |
| 25 | DF | ALG | Ramy Bensebaini |
| 26 | FW | GER | Torben Müsel |
| 27 | MF | POR | Famana Quizera |
| 28 | DF | GER | Matthias Ginter |
| 29 | DF | USA | Joe Scally |
| 30 | DF | SUI | Nico Elvedi |
| 31 | GK | GER | Max Grün |
| 32 | MF | GER | Florian Neuhaus |
| 33 | DF | GER | Kaan Kurt |
| 36 | FW | SUI | Breel Embolo |
| 41 | GK | GER | Jan Olschowsky |
| 43 | MF | GER | Rocco Reitz |

### Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | GER | Moritz Nicolas (on loan to VfL Osnabrück until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | ENG | Keanan Bennetts (on loan to Ipswich Town until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | FRA | Kouadio Koné (on loan to Toulouse until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | SVK | László Bénes (on loan to FC Augsburg until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | DEN | Andreas Poulsen (on loan to Austria Wien until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 11 | MF | Hannes Wolf | RB Leipzig | Loan | 21 July 2020 |
| 19 | MF | Valentino Lazaro | Inter Milan | Loan | 20 August 2020 |
| 29 | DF | Joseph Scally | New York City FC | €1,800,000 | 1 January 2021 |
| | MF | Kouadio Koné | Toulouse | €9,000,000 | 21 January 2021 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 5 | MF | Tobias Strobl | FC Augsburg | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| 11 | FW | Raffael | | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| 19 | MF | Fabian Johnson | | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| | GK | Moritz Nicolas | VfL Osnabrück | Loan | 15 August 2020 |
| 37 | MF | Keanan Bennetts | Ipswich Town | Loan | 2 October 2020 |
| | MF | Kouadio Koné | Toulouse | Loan | 21 January 2021 |
| 22 | MF | László Bénes | FC Augsburg | Loan | 1 February 2021 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Bundesliga | 19 September 2020 | 22 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 64 | 56 | +8 | 038.24 |
| DFB-Pokal | 12 September 2020 | 2 March 2021 | First round | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 075.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 21 October 2020 | 16 March 2021 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 025.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 95 | 71 | +24 | 039.13 |
Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 7 | Union Berlin | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 50 | 43 | +7 | 50 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round |
| 8 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 64 | 56 | +8 | 49 | |
| 9 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 56 | 55 | +1 | 45 | |
| 10 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 45 | |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal, Borussia Dortmund, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: DFB

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | W | D | W | W | L | D | W | D | D | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 17 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.

### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 1 October 2020.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RMA | BMG | SHK | INT |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 |
| 2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–2 | — | 4–0 | 2–3 |
| 3 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 8 | Transfer to Europa League | 2–0 | 0–6 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | Inter Milan | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 6 | | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Borussia Mönchengladbach 6, Shakhtar Donetsk 0.

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 14 December 2020.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | SUI | Yann Sommer | 39 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | GER | Tobias Sippel | 8 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | GER | Max Grün | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | GER | Jan Olschowsky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | SUI | Michael Lang | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Mamadou Doucouré | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GER | Jordan Beyer | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | SWE | Oscar Wendt | 29 | 2 | 15+7 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | AUT | Stefan Lainer | 45 | 2 | 31+2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | GER | Tony Jantschke | 12 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ALG | Ramy Bensebaini | 33 | 7 | 20+5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 28 | DF | GER | Matthias Ginter | 46 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | USA | Joseph Scally | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | SUI | Nico Elvedi | 40 | 5 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 33 | DF | GER | Kaan Kurt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | DEN | Andreas Poulsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | GER | Christoph Kramer | 39 | 0 | 23+5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GER | Patrick Herrmann | 33 | 3 | 9+18 | 0 | 1+1 | 3 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SUI | Denis Zakaria | 32 | 1 | 15+10 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | AUT | Hannes Wolf | 43 | 4 | 14+18 | 3 | 2+2 | 1 | 0+7 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | GUI | Ibrahima Traoré | 12 | 1 | 1+6 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | AUT | Valentino Lazaro | 28 | 2 | 13+9 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | GER | Jonas Hofmann | 33 | 8 | 21+3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | POR | Famana Quizera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | GER | Florian Neuhaus | 45 | 8 | 30+3 | 6 | 3+1 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | GER | Rocco Reitz | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | FRA | Marcus Thuram | 40 | 11 | 20+9 | 8 | 2+1 | 1 | 7+1 | 2 |
| 13 | FW | GER | Lars Stindl | 42 | 17 | 23+7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 7+1 | 2 |
| 14 | FW | FRA | Alassane Pléa | 39 | 12 | 19+10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6+2 | 5 |
| 20 | FW | PAR | Julio Villalba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | GER | Torben Müsel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | SUI | Breel Embolo | 41 | 6 | 16+15 | 5 | 1+2 | 0 | 4+3 | 1 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 22 | MF | SVK | László Bénes | 10 | 1 | 1+6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | ENG | Keanan Bennetts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 22 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos | No. | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | UEFA CL | Total |
| 1 | FW | 13 | | Lars Stindl | 14 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| 2 | FW | 14 | | Alassane Pléa | 6 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | FW | 10 | | Marcus Thuram | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | MF | 23 | | Jonas Hofmann | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | MF | 32 | | Florian Neuhaus | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 | DF | 25 | | Ramy Bensebaini | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | FW | 36 | | Breel Embolo | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | DF | 30 | | Nico Elvedi | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | MF | 11 | | Hannes Wolf | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | MF | 7 | | Patrick Herrmann | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | DF | 17 | | Oscar Wendt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 18 | | Stefan Lainer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | 19 | | Valentino Lazaro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 28 | | Matthias Ginter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | MF | 8 | | Denis Zakaria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | 16 | | Ibrahima Traoré | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | FW | 20 | | Julio Villalba | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | 22 | | László Bénes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 64 | 15 | 16 | 95 |
Last updated: 22 May 2021